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Infrastructure: Living on the Edge

The recent oil pipeline break shows fragility of our infrastructure.

A pipeline break shows how we are living on the edge with just-in-time delivery of goods, services and commodities like gasoline. See Gasoline price pinch could get worse before it gets better.

It is not just gasoline, it could be water, a bridge, electric power — you name it!

 

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.